Japan

Capital city — Tokyo

Country population
126,264,931
i
World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
38
i
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.919
(19/188)
i
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.3
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UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
48,429
i
31/12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
-
Prison density
57 %
i
31/12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
184
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World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
8.2 %
i
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.04 %
i
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
12.1 %
i
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

8.2 %

i

World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.04 %

i

World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

12.1 % (5,883)

i

World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no